On Tuesday, Chris Paul turns 23 years old. And by Tuesday, Kobe Bryant will probably have won his first Most Valuable Player Award. But this day isn’t about griping over MVP trophies or anything like that. Tuesday, May 6th will simply be a celebration of the season Chris Paul has had and what he means to the future of this league.

Whether you’re just a casual NBA fan, a staunch supporter of another team, or even a D-Will advocate (gasp), there’s something for everybody to appreciate in CP3’s game. His work in the community and demeanor on and off the court speaks to all that is right in our league. Which brings me to my point: if you own a blog of any kind, it is our request to you to post something, anything, about CP come Tuesday. Kobe shall have his hardware, LeBron shall have his… Vogue cover, and Dwight shall have his Superman dunk etched in history. My hope is that Chris Paul can simply have a day of blog posts dedicated to his season- arguably the greatest in the history of his position.

If you plan on participating, let us know: atthehive(at)gmail(dot)com.

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Wow, Tuesday is going to be a field day in Hornets love on the internet! From the beginning of the season where some people predicted MEMPHIS to finish higher than the Hornets to this? Killer job to set this up.

I’m just wondering at what point in the Spurs-Hornets series does Bruce Bowen get frustrated enough to injure?? My prediction is Game 3, down 44-10 in fast break points. Of course, it will be Chris Paul’s fault again.

See the Spurs-Hornets game earlier this season? I was at the game, and we all went totally berserk. That was one of the tipping points of inspiration as far as the fans were concerned it seemed like every game after that the fans were fired up no matter who we played. Bowen is plain and simple a dirty dirty player.

Terrific idea atthehive!! Does anyone know when the mvp is announced anyways? Last year it was announced on April 27th in the second round (lol, dirk…) so I think it will be announced on Sunday this time… or Saturday. If they announce Saturday, you know who won!

Yeah! I don’t wanna shound like a queer or nothin’ (Orgazmo, anyone?) but CP3 makes my trousers crease.
I’m just a dumb-ass bogan from Down Under (‘bogan’ is Australian for ‘hick’) who only gets to listen to games, but damn this Hornets organisation impresses me at every turn. and CP3 is the most incredible leader of any sports team I have ever witnessed. My totally random and non-sport-related blog rant will be all CP3 on the 6th, about the swell of awesome I felt watching his game in honour of his Grandad. That was S-P-E-C-I-A-L.
Nice work all round atthehive. Keep on it.

Just read on the ESPN “ticker” L..A. Times already leaking the story Kobe Bryant will be named MVP. Makes me angry but what are you going to do? Voters are fascinated with the fact Bryant “came back” this season from trashing his teammates and organization all during the summer. Kind of forgetting what that was all about…like he had a disease or an injury. Hey, if you want to give Kobe an award for doing his job after trying to get traded, so be it. But not the MVP…that’s CP3!

Who knows, maybe the Hornets will sign you to a $100 million contract next year..

@ saltandcarbon

Didn’t know CP had fans all the way in Australia! Yeah, there was a season when I could only hear the Hornets on radio too… but I love Sean Kelly and Gerry Vallencourt (er, I probably spelled that wrong). Thanks for the praise and thanks for signing up!

@ Sportsattitude,

Sigh… yeah… I just don’t think enough people understand what exactly Chris Paul accomplished this year. It wasn’t a season on the level of Steve Nash’s MVP years (like everyone keeps saying it was), it was far, far better by every measure imaginable.

That’s the nature of the game though, scoring stands out in fans minds and passing doesn’t. Kobe had a good season, and props to him for his first MVP.

And it looks like I’m going to have to read these comments way more often so I can avoid writing novels as responses :)

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